Your investments
Ongoing and completed work
Your industry levy has been invested into the below Hort Innovation Avocado Fund initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions in the case of R&D.
For each ongoing R&D investment you can click through to see a general project overview, plus any specific progress updates and related resources that are available.
For completed R&D investments, you’ll find a recap of the whole work and can access any available resources or final research reports produced by the project team.
At the bottom of the page, you’ll also find updates on levy-funded marketing activity.
Ongoing projects
Ongoing project
Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) – Updates (MT19008)
Ongoing project
Monitoring avocado quality in retail (AV19003)
Ongoing project
Investigation into citrus blossom bugs in avocados (AV19000)
Ongoing project
Ex-post impact assessment (MT18011)
Ongoing project
Taste Australia retail program (MT18017)
Ongoing project
Avocado sunblotch viroid survey (AV18007)
Ongoing project
Avocado industry development and extension (AV17005)
Ongoing project
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT17019)
Ongoing project
National avocado industry communications program (AV18003)
Ongoing project
Managing flies for crop pollination (PH16002)
Ongoing project
Avocado industry biosecurity capacity building (AV16010)
Ongoing project
Consumer behavioural and retail data for fresh produce (MT17015)
Ongoing project
Xylella coordinator (MT17006)
Ongoing project
Avocado industry and market data capture and analysis (AV16006)
Ongoing project
Avocado industry minor use permit program (AV16002)
Ongoing project
Enhanced National Bee Pest Surveillance Program (MT16005)
Ongoing project
Review of national biosecurity plans (MT17003)
Ongoing project
Avocado industry capacity building – Western Australia (AV17006)
Ongoing project
Avocado export readiness and market access (AV17000)
Ongoing project
Maximising yield and reducing seasonal variation (AV16005)
Completed projects
Completed project
Ex-post impact assessment – industry specific (MT18009)
Completed project
Foodservice custom research reports (MT18002)
Completed project
Avocado retail sampling (AV18006)
Completed project
Communicating the nutrition and health benefits of avocados (AV18004)
Completed project
SPLAT cue-lure based management of Queensland fruit fly (MT12001)
Completed project
National avocado industry communications program (AV15002)
Completed project
Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2015-2018 (AH15001)
Completed project
Investigating tree mortality during early field establishment (AV14012)
Completed project
Avocado rootstock SHSR-04 commercialisation (AV15005)
Completed project
Optimising pollination of macadamia and avocado in Australia (MT13060)
Completed project
A multi-target approach to fruitspotting bug (MT10049)
Completed project
Autonomous perception systems for horticulture tree crops (AH11009)
Completed project
Implementing improvements in the avocado supply chain (AV12013)
Completed project
National honey bee pest surveillance program (MT12011)
Completed project
Data collection to facilitate supply chain transparency (AV12007)
Completed project
Avocado industry communications (AV10008)
Completed project
Avocado rootstock assessment and improvement – interim (AV13018)
Completed project
Transformational innovation performance analysis (AI13011)
Completed project
Reducing flesh bruising and skin spotting in Hass avocado (AV10019)
Completed project
Understanding and managing avocado flesh bruising (AV12009)
Completed project
Avocado industry fruit quality benchmarking (AV11015)
Completed project
Understanding practices in key pollination areas (MT13027)
Completed project
Australian avocado export development plan 2014-2019 (AV12025)
Marketing
Marketing
Marketing snapshot - 2018/19
Marketing
Marketing snapshot - June 2019
Marketing
Marketing snapshot - September 2018